On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Peg wrote:
> Sorry you missed my comments. I did respond to questions asked regarding
> my positions from Steve Cooke. Or perhaps there were a little brief, I
> assumed if more depth were wanted on my responses, questions would follow.
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> I am not sure what exactly what you would
> like to know about me, but I am more than willing to speak with anyone who
> has questions. I had not intended to be a stealth candidate, I did try to
> make my positions known on issues if there is a particular issue or issues
> you would like me to talk about, e-mail, call or write me and I will
> respond.
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> On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Bill London wrote:
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> > Thanks to Joel Hamilton for encouraging comments on the Daily News and
> > election coverage.
> > My angst has a slightly different focus. I remain surprised by the
> > lack of coverage of the stealth candidate Peg Hamlett.
> > The other candidates were incumbents and their positions
> > relatively well known. With Hamlett, however, what did we know? She was
> > on the tree committee and thus presumably likes trees. She worked for the
> > heart association and so presumably liked hearts. After Steve Cooke asked
> > for responses to issues of the day, I saw one message posted in
> > response on the 2020 list (not in the DAily News) with little
> > information. Perhaps there were more messages, or a DAily News story, but
> > if so, I missed them all. Anyway, we didn't get to know about her
> > positions before the election by reading the News. Will we ever?
> > And now, to continue this diatribe against the Daily News, a
> > virtual spanking to the paper for violating the basic journalistic rule of
> > always (at least) spelling everybody's name correctly. Ken Olsen,
> > remember him? He must have worked for the Daily News as a reporter for a
> > decade. His name must have appeared in the paper several thousand times.
> > But when it appeared on Thursday on the front of the Arts section (in the
> > story about a booksigning for his book about Vernon Baker), his name was
> > spelled Ken Olson. A small irony, also, is that the cover of the book was
> > used as the illustration for the article, and Ken's name appears--properly
> > spelled as Ken Olsen--on that cover. Right next to the repeated spelling
> > of Ken Olson.
> > BL
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